Evacuation Order Lifted After Indiana Chemical Fire
Mon, 09/17/2012 - 9:20am
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) -- Hundreds of northern Indiana residents returned home Saturday after spending the night at shelters, hotels or with relatives after a chemical fire at a vacant plant that's in the midst of a federally supervised cleanup ousted them from their homes.
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Atkociunas said the white cloud produced by the fire may have contained hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide based on the chemicals that burned. He said the fire was confined to the storage container that caught fire.
He called it an "unfortunate accident" but praised local fire officials for acting quickly and alerting him and other EPA officials once the blaze was spotted.
Atkociunas said the EPA will analyze what caused the fire and reassess its approach to removing the remaining chemicals from the site...
